This short report, taken from a longer account, contains great secrets, wondrous sciences, strange concepts, and precious truths. Whoever desires more knowledge should refer to the book Al-Akwār wa Al-Adwār (The Cycles and the Eras). If you contemplate this book deeply, your desires will turn away from the world and what it contains, the earth and the heavens and what they encompass...
Our Master Zayn Al-Abidin, may his might be exalted, said to Umm Al-Nada Hababa Al-Walibiyya, Peace be upon her: "O Hababa, the wretched one defines us by description, bears witness against us with weakness, hands us over to death, and minimizes what is great in our rank and significance."1
On the authority of Al-Master Abi Shu'ayb, from him is peace, Our Master Al-'Askari, may his might be exalted, said: "We are the sign for the one who comprehends the expression, and we are the goal for the one who seeks the limit. Our manifestation is not limited, and our one is not counted. Through us the follower catches up, and to us the extreme one returns. So we are the Great News, and from us is the Ancient Cause."2